CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last year, including the the ongoing economics of streaming debate, the resurgence (or not) of the live music industry, the continued increase in song-theft lawsuits, the growing trend of interpolation in pop, and the licensing of music on social media platforms.
Apologies for the slight sound issues on some of this episode – one of us (naming no names) managed to record themselves through a microphone that wasn’t the one pointing at their face.SECTION TIMES01: Economics of streaming (00:06:47)02: Live industry (00:12:46)03: Song-theft lawsuits (00:18:45)04: Interpolation (00:24:59)05: Licensing on social media (00:32:17)(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)SUBSCRIBE TO SETLISTListen to Setlist and sign up to receive new episodes for free automatically each week through any of these services…Acast | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | audioBoom | CastBox | Deezer | Google Podcasts | iHeart | Mixcloud | RSS | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneInSTORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK• Artist remuneration remains a key sticking point as MPs return to the economics of streaming debate (November 2022)• CMA concludes that competition issues are not creating challenges for music-makers in the streaming economy (November 2022)• Goldman Sachs ‘Music In The Air’ report 2022 (June 2022)• Live Nation Q3 2022 results (November 2022)• Santigold cancels US tour: “I will not continue to sacrifice myself for an industry that has become unsustainable” (September 2022)• Animal Collective cancel European shows after concluding that international touring in 2022 isn’t economically viable (October 2022)• Lorde is the latest artist to discuss the challenges of.
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